At DSA Ocean, we provide expert mooring analysis & design consulting services to clients with diverse requirements. Our team of professional engineers has extensive experience in designing and analyzing mooring systems for various applications.
Our customers include naval architecture firms, aquaculture companies, equipment suppliers, marine construction contractors, ferry operators, utilities and more.
We use the latest industry standards and guidelines, including API-RP-2SK, DNVOS-E301, ISO19901-7, NS9415, and IEC TS 62600-10:2021, to ensure that our designs are safe, reliable, and cost-effective.
We use industry-recognized ocean engineering software such as ProteusDS, OrcaFlex, and AquaSim to calculate the effects of current, wind, and wave loading on the mooring systems and marine structures. CFD, dynamic analysis, and FEA are used during the process.
We deliver certified engineering plans and material lists to our customers such that they can construct their mooring systems. We compile our analyses and rationales in a mooring analysis report which documents the required minimum breaking loads of mooring lines and anchor holding capacities.
Before starting any project we assess metocean conditions and create a comprehensive metocean condition report, which can be applied to subsequent projects.
We conduct follow-up inspections of system hardware, survey as-built conditions, evaluate ROV or diver footage of anchors, and overall ensure the safety of the installed mooring system.
Large tailings ponds for mining and resource extraction contain floating assets like pump barges, floating pipes, walkways, buoys and anchors. We have experience to assess how these systems and their moorings will behave as pond levels change. We ensure moorings have the right amount of compliance to limit loads and keep assets in their prescribed watch circles. We conduct robust statistical analysis to predict peak loads in 3 hour storm conditions. We ensure the integrity of infrastructure, minimizing downtime risks for operators and meeting regulatory requirements.
Floating tidal power systems containing hydrokinetic turbines are typically moored in place with chain and wire rope. We have designed moorings and anchoring systems for tidal power projects with challenging current and seabed conditions. Our designs are based on dynamic analysis, where we take into account turbulence, wave loads, current loads and wind loads on the structures and turbines. We perform complementary CFD analysis when necessary to refine drag and power production estimates.
